Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Marapuama

Plant

English

Marapuama, Muira puama, Potency wood, Tree of virility

Latin

Ptychopetalum olacoides Bentham

Plantparts

Bough, Cortex, foliage, Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Aids digestion, Alopecia, Anti-diarrheic, Antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-fatigue, Anti-flu, Anti-gout, Anti-Rheumatic, Aphrodisiac, arthritis, bad digestion, Baldness, benificial effect on the digestion, Beriberi, diaorrhea, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Digestive, digestive disturbance, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, digestive upset, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, dyspepsia, Erectile dysfunction, Erectile function disorder, Eupeptic, exhaustion, Expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, faintness, Fatigue, feebleness, Flu, gastric disorders, Gastric Disturbances, gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal disorder, Good for digestion, gout, Gripe, Grippe, hair loss, impotence, impotency, improves digestion, Increases sexual desire, indigestion, influenza, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness, loss of hair, Love drug, Lung ailments, Lung complaints, lung disease, lung diseases, lung disorders, Lung problems, Male impotence, Mucolytic agent, paralysis, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Pulmonary Conditions, pulmonary disease, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, Sexual impotence, stimulates digestion, the flue, tiredness, Warming digestive, weakness, weariness

Women's diseases

excessive menstruation, excessive periods, Heavy periods, Menorrhagia, profuse menstruation

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in French Guiana, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Ingredients

 alkaloid, Alpha-Pinene, Arachidic acid, Behenic acid, Beta-Bisabolene, Beta-Pinene, Beta-Sitosterol, borneol, Campesterol, Camphene, camphor, Carene, Caryophyllene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Cerotic acid, Chromium, coumarin, Ergosterol-Peroxide, essential oil, eugenol, Humulene, Lignoceric acid, limonene, linalool, Lupeol, Melissic acid, Montanic acid, myrcene, P-Cymene, Phlobaphenes, Stigmasterol, Trans beta-farnesene, Α-Terpinene, Δ-cadinene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn6460

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